GMA interview on OTV (10/6/2009)

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Originally Posted by freemind

As a person that voted FPM full list, I was expecting Michel Aoun to acknowledge that his wrong policies were the reason of the drastic drop in popularity.

I wonder if he is even aware of the fact that his Syrian tendencies were not digested by Christians.

On dirait qu'il fait un tres mauvais perdant!

No, it is unfair to him.
He did the right thing by going to Syria and turning a page -- I dont expect GMA to act in order to get more popularity... but with his conscience.

Our biggest problem lies in our communication team - WE ARE BAD - WE DONT KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE

Just to remember Hariri the pro syrian and corrupt could gather 50% of the Christian thanks to his great communication team.

We need to act differently and change completly our communications

[TayyarBeino]

nice article in a Jordanian newspaper about GMA

عون والممكن لبنانيا في كسر حدة الطائفية..!! *

راكان المجالي
ما عدا الانتخابات الرئاسية الامريكية فان الانتخابات التشريعية اللبنانية تستأثر باهتمام كبير من العرب والعالم الاسلامي ، وكذلك القوى العالمية الفاعلة في اطار السياسة الدولية وعلى رأسها امريكا.. فالانتخابات اللبنانية النيابية الاخيرة حظيت بمتابعة تفاصيلها والتوقف عند نتائجها اكثر بكثير من الانتخابات في روسيا والصين والهند..الخ.

لا ابالغ اذا قلت ان نسبة عالية من المواطنين العرب واكثرهم يهتم بالسياسة والشأن العام حرصوا على متابعة مجريات الانتخابات في لبنان وتابعوا لمعرفة النتائج وبدأوا يتطلعون بعد ذلك لصورة جديدة للبنان بعد هذه الانتخابات خاصة ما تولد من آمال بكسر حدة الطائفية.

ولا ابالغ اذا قلت ان كثيرين من ابناء الاقطار العربية يشدهم الاستحقاق الانتخابي اللبناني اكثر بكثير مما يشدهم الاستحقاق الانتخابي النيابي في بلدانهم لاسباب عديدة في مقدمتها الصيغة المتقدمة للحالة اللبنانية في اعطاء الحق بالمشاركة السياسية وافساح المجال امام كل القوى والزعامات لتلعب ادوارا في المعادلة السياسية اللبنانية بمن في ذلك شخصيات خارج الندوة النيابية ، وحتى لو لم توصل الانتخابات شخصيات مثل عمر كرامي واسامة سعد وجوزيف سكاف للمجلس النيابي فانه يظل لهذه الزعامات حجمها ودورها وتأثيرها وكلمتها المسموعة.

لا نقول ان الديمقراطية في لبنان مثالية او حقيقية ولا نغفل عن ان الانتخابات هي انعكاس للصراع الطائفي الا انها مثلت نقلة نوعية في الخطاب السياسي والاعلامي لكل القوى في تجاوز هذه الحالة الوطنية والانخراط في حالة سياسية وطنية.

واذا كان تجاوز الطائفية ظل شعارا دعائيا عند كل الزعامات والقيادات السياسية فان الجنرال عون شكل استثناء في تبنيه الحقيقي للشعار ، فهو برغم معرفته بالموروث اللبناني التقليدي حيث تكرست ايضا الطائفية نتيجة الحرب الاهلية والصراع الدائر في لبنان منذ مطلع السبعينيات وكذلك معرفته بالضغوط الخارجية واستغلال العصبيات والانقسامات اللبنانية لابقاء لبنان ساحة للصراعات ، ومع ذلك كان جادا بتجاوز الحالة الطائفية.

وحده الجنرال عون وتياره الوطني الحر طرحوا قبل الانتخابات واثناء الحملة الانتخابية مشروعا وطنيا متكاملا ولذلك فان المزاج الطائفي كان مناهضا لبرنامجه وهو ما تسبب في خسارته لبعض المقاعد ومع ذلك حصل التيار الوطني الحر على 27 مقعدا وهو اكبر كتلة اليوم في البرلمان اللبناني الجديد وحتى لو ظهر العماد عون متفاجئا ومصدوما بالنتيجة ، الا ان ما تحقق له هو الممكن وهو شهادة نجاح للبنان باتجاه كسر سطوة التعنت والتعصب الطائفي للوصول الى تقديم الولاء للوطن على الولاء للطائفة وهو ما ينادي به الجميع كشعار نتمنى ان يطبقه الجميع مثل عون كممارسة لبرنامج عمل ومشروع سياسي وطني جامع للبنان.

التاريخ : 10-06-2009

جريدة الدستور || عون والممكن لبنانيا Ù�ÙŠ كسر Ø*دة الطائÙ�ية..!! * راكان المجالي

[vicking]

Originally Posted by manifesto

Quoting Aoun: لا اقبل ان يكون في لبنان نفوذ لاي دولة لا تحترم الحرية ولا حقوق الانسان على ارضها، وهذه الدول انا لا احترمها
نهائي

Is he referring to Saudi Arabia?
I think Aoun should start watching what he says. Iran and Syria do not rank much higher than Saudi on the list of human rights. And why does he keep accusing Hariri of wanting to impose an islamic wahhabist regim. Seriously, that's immature imo. Aoun should not drag himself into the name-calling and propaganda game. Neither Saad nor Nasrallah want to create a Muslim republic in Lebanon. Aoun is as guilty as the loyalists for playing these dirty scare tactics on the Christians.

Aoun is right - All politics from Hariri were anti-Christian. They want to oust the Christian once for all with the support of USA and Saudi.

Again what is wrong with FPM is the way we communicate. We need to hire professional PR - it is essential !!!!!

This should be the priority of FPM : hire communication professionals

[freemind]

Originally Posted by TayyarBeino

what are you smoking tonight. 3an jad 3ayb hal haki.

TayyarBeino what have we still got to lose? we lost everything, this elections was the ending, that was the last chance.

wen ba3d fi 3ayb ya zalame, ra7it 3leyye w3lek.. wlanno ye3teref 2enno khabbas tekhbis ma 2elo rab b2ekher 4 snin.

Your leader is on the verge of becoming an 80 year old ''weak memory'' Raymond Edde.

I care for nothing anymore.

[manifesto]

Originally Posted by vicking

Aoun is right - All politics from Hariri were anti-Christian. They want to oust the Christian once for all with the support of USA and Saudi.

Again what is wrong with FPM is the way we communicate. We need to hire professional PR - it is essential !!!!!

This should be the priority of FPM : hire communication professionals

You mean: Let someone else than Aoun do the talking?

[vicking]

Originally Posted by freemind

TayyarBeino what have we still got to lose? we lost everything, this elections was the ending, that was the last chance.

wen ba3d fi 3ayb ya zalame, ra7it 3leyye w3lek.. wlanno ye3teref 2enno khabbas tekhbis ma 2elo rab b2ekher 4 snin.

Your leader is on the verge of becoming an 80 year old ''weak memory'' Raymond Edde.

I care for nothing anymore.

Freemind, these elections were very important right - but no we didnt lost anything, at contrary we gaine dmore.. not as much as expected, but more :

1/ We learned : Hariri is imposing a real $$$ challenge on us - we have 4 years to gather huge amount of money - we need to launch paid memberships at the international level.

2/ Hiring communication professional to pass our message. We dont know to answer, we dont know to react calmly...we need to learn from our mistakes

3/ Leadership crisis : I have full confidence that General Aoun can make it for the next 10 years.. just look at Jean Marie Le Pen or Giscard Destaing !! But in parallel we must have new charismatic leaders... Gebran Bassil lost an important opportunity - he has 4 years - I am not convinced by Alain Aoun.
Perhaps Ibrahim Kenaan...

4/ Doing talkshows in English and French :
- convince the brainwashed l orient le jour readers
- feed international media with news... very important to keep a strong hold on the international arena


General Aoun is the best leader we ever had in our history... he just need the right team around him to help her regarding communication issues. We need to re-organise the tayyar internal communication strategy.

The General needs us as much as we need him - time is for reorganization and performance. We must work on us for now

[vicking]

Originally Posted by manifesto

You mean: Let someone else than Aoun do the talking?

Not at all - our leader is great

Look Berlusconi, CHirac, Hariri and so on.. they all have PR professionals around them, before each talkshow they are briefed on what to say and what not to say.. there are different methods to pass the same message with same intensity.

For exemple, comments on Captain Samer Hana death were unecessary

[manifesto]

Originally Posted by TayyarBeino

09:27 العماد عون: يخوف المسيحيين من الشادور، ولكن مع الشادور يمكن ان نرى وجه المرأة، ولكن ماذا سيفعلون مع العباءة التي لا يرى من المرأة شيئا وماذا سيفعلون مع شاكر العبسي والتطرف هذا ؟

Again, the general dragged himself into "childish" arguments.
I find his reply a bit racist. What's his problem with the full 3abeyeh?
In a perfect democracy, a woman should be allowed to wear whatever she wants, be it a birthday suit, a shador or even a 3abeyeh. I'm sure he offended some conservative druze women who still hide their face.
Someone should tell Aoun to drop that kind of speech. It's so not FPM-like. It's gaining him nothing but hatred.

[vicking]

Originally Posted by manifesto

Again, the general dragged himself into "childish" arguments.
I find his reply a bit racist. What's his problem with the full 3abeyeh?
In a perfect democracy, a woman should be allowed to wear whatever she wants, be it a birthday suit, a shador or even a 3abeyeh. I'm sure he offended some conservative druze women who still hide their face.
Someone should tell Aoun to drop that kind of speech. It's so not FPM-like. It's gaining him nothing but hatred.

again, it is the best proof of our communication problems :

When M14 were doing their propaganda, they were saying "if M8 win, we will all wear Tchadors !!!!!" but when they say it.. it is OK... but when we say it, then we are "racists"

Again, it is a problem of communication... we must change the whole strategy

[manifesto]

I'm not "THEM". I know they're wrong. What I'm saying is that we shouldn't act likewise.
Two wrongs don't make a right.